FILE - In this July 21, 2018 photo, a member of the National Assembly studies the proposed constitutional update in Havana, Cuba.
Cuban legal experts told The Associated Press that they expect the government to send the National Assembly between 60 and 80 new laws over the next two years to replace ones rendered obsolete by the new constitution. The assembly is virtually certain to unanimously approve all government proposals, as it has for decades.
While the Communist Party remains the only permitted political group, the wording of the new constitution could allow voters to choose between various candidates rather than simply voting yes or no for a candidate pre-selected by a government commission, experts said. “There’s a full-on effort to give life to the new constitution, to accompany it with laws so it doesn’t become a dead letter,” Homero Acosta, the secretary of the Cuba’s Council of State and one of the key figures in the reform, said on state television this month.
The revamped criminal law could also, experts said, contain stronger provisions against domestic violence, greater environmental protections and animal rights and create tougher punishments for government mismanagement and corruption.
ARodriguezAP lol, AP running PR for a murderous communist regime. How cute...
ARodriguezAP Cuba would be wise to abandon its socialist/communist approach to government and adopt capitalism and free market laws and policies along with providing greater freedom for its citizens to exercise their rights, desires and dreams.
ARodriguezAP When they’re done can they give the GOP a makeover? 😂
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